I am sick to the depth of my soul from all the hatred and anger of people ... I'm tired of the suspicions and the jaded people who have nothing better to do than belittle the acts of others - who spend their time judging what makes another person do what they do and deciding what that person should have done instead if they were truly caring and ( Read more... )

I was thinking this morning about my neck muscles. Sunday, under the not so gentle ministrations of my new massage therapist, I realized how I have these tight bands in my neck and figure I've probably had them for years and years. I got to thinking about jaw clenching and neck tension and realizing it is rather indicative of people who hold ( Read more... )

You know, I was just sitting here typing away about acne and trying to keep my attention focused on my job - get done so I can go on to more intriguing things like editing and all that. I've had a terrible time concentrating this morning, with my mind flitting here and there and all around. Sometimes I wonder about myself ... anyway, I got this ( Read more... )

I finally dug out from all the files they piled on me Thursday ... I'm still tossing around in my head things that I probably need to say to my employer. I guess I kind of get myself caught because I am not entirely sure whether they are giving me too much work, or whether I am too slow and the work they give me becomes too much. And in the end, ( Read more... )

For the longest time (and I still struggle with this!) after I joined the eGroups, I wondered why it was that no one wanted to acknowledge me. Or, maybe acknowledge isn't the right word. I don't know. Anyway, it was like I would post a question and I would get answers, but not public on the list itself - I always get them at my regular email ( Read more... )

Have you ever had one of those days where you just start crying and you know the thing that triggered your tears has nothing to do with why you are crying? You keep looking inside to see what is going on and it is like peeling away the layers of an onion ... I wonder if we ever really find the one, single thing that starts the tears. If I ( Read more... )

You know, it was a beautiful day today. I didn't really get out to see it until around 8 pm. Nice thing about Alaska is that 8 pm in the summer time looks like noon in other places. The sun was shining, the birds were singing. We have these little squirrels that sit up in the trees and scold you when you come outside. They are such sweet ( Read more... )

I guess there comes a time in every parent's life when they hear or know something is wrong their precious children that they don't want to hear. Perhaps that is why so many parents live in a state of denial. It is too painful to hear that they might not have that precious child they raised - even more so, it is too painful to think it is ( Read more... )

I spent a long time on the phone today with my editor from the distance learning course I did my MT training through. I've always felt particularly close to her, even though we really hadn't exchanged too much beyond that fact that we both keep our brains on sticky notes attached to the computer, the desk, the walls ...! She called me today ( Read more... )

When I was a teenager I journaled night and day. I would poor out my heart on paper while I listened to Barbra Streisand poor her heart out on the record player. Now if Streisand and record player don't date one, I don't know what else does! I find myself thinking this is a wonderful idea, this writing in a journal on the Internet and sharing ( Read more... )